Von der disziplinären Abhängigkeit zum gleichberechtigten Miteinander? Eine Diskussion über das sensible Verhältnis von Sprachwissenschaft und Sprachdidaktik am Beispiel der Germanistischen Linguistik und der DaF-Didaktik

The role of linguistics in language education has always been contested and has generated non-homogeneous opinions since the beginning of the existence of that discipline. This paper attempts to provide a broader examination of the interrelation between these two disciplines over the last few decades. Considerations are based on the example of German linguistics and the teaching of German as foreign language. It constitutes a contribution to the discourse on the identity and autonomy of language education as a science.